Comeback to Barcelona council and keeping strong in inland areas: far-left CUP's top priorities
Making services public, affordable housing, standing against racism, cruise ships and mass tourism, among talking points
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Photography shop in Berga with over 2 million historical documents closes
Two beloved book stores in Barcelona will also close doors by end of year
PODCAST: Pa-tum Pa-tum Pa-tum – inside Berga's wild medieval rave
Fire-breathing dragons, dancing giants and thousands of people pack narrow streets for ancient festival like no other
Unraveling Berga's secret: how La Patum festivities have endured 600 years
Traditional celebration in northern town of Berga has medieval roots and attracts thousands of people
Fire and revelry take over Berga square for central day of La Patum festivity
Demons group marks 400th anniversary with firecrackers on tails and heads
UNESCO-recognized La Patum celebrations begin with a bang after Covid hiatus
First day of festivity features parade of dancing giants, demons and dragons with fire coming out of their mouths
Several three-day marches kick off across Catalonia
Thousands set off in the early morning, all expected to come together in a major rally in Barcelona on Friday
Berga lights the touch paper on this year's Patum festivities
Raucous celebration with fireworks, parades and revelry gets underway in central Catalonia beneath giant independence flag
Berga prepares to light the touchpaper on the Patum
This year, the festival's organizers are promoting responsible drinking with subsidized non-alcoholic cocktails and free bottles of water
Mayor banned from office for hanging independence flag during election
Montse Venturós was requested twice to remove flag from Berga city council
La Patum: the party that doesn’t forget its medieval roots
Dating back centuries, the festival is a UNESCO Intangible World Heritage
Case reopened against Mayor for not taking down pro-independence flag
The case against Montse Venturòs, the Mayor of Berga, for not taking down the Catalan pro-independence flag from the City Hall building during elections has been reopened. Although Berga’s trial court decided not to pursue the case last March after considering that exhibiting the Catalan pro-independence flag was not “an act of propaganda” nor disobedience, the court has now accepted the appeal presented by the Public Prosecutor asking for the case to be reopened. Venturós lawyer and party colleague Benet Salellas from pro-independence CUP said that reopening the case proved “how deeply politicized the Spanish justice is and how legal procedures are the main battering ram against the pro-independence movement and the democratic demands of Catalan citizens”.
Berga Mayor arrest outrages Catalan Government, while Spanish Executive assesses it as “normal”
The Catalan Government Spokeswoman, Neus Munté, expressed this Friday the Catalan Executive’s disapproval of the arrest of the Mayor of Berga, Montse Venturós, for refusing to take down a pro-independence flag from the town hall building. Munté considered it not only “outrageous” but “an aberration both from a political and democratic perspective”. However, the case showed the different in criteria between the Catalan and Spanish institutions. While Munté lamented Spain’s “prosecution” of elected representatives and the “judicialisation of politics”, the Spanish Executive assessed the arrest as “only normal”. In his first appearance as Spanish Government spokesman, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo warned that “whoever fails to adhere to the rules has to accept the consequences”.